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ROME---A controver-
sial goal helped
Roma to a 1-0 win
at Udinese in Serie A yes-
terday, highlighting the
need for goal-line technol-
ogy.
A header from Davide
Astori in the 17th minute hit
the underside of the crossbar
and bounced down near the
goal line.
The goal-line official ruled
that the ball did not entirely
cross the line but after
protests from Roma the ref-
eree overruled him, sparking
outrage from Udinese.
"If the referee decides on
his own then let s remove
the goal-line official, because
there s a structural error
here," Udinese coach Andrea
Stramaccioni said.
Replays were inconclusive.
"The goal-line official told
me it wasn t a goal but it s
the referee who decides and
I think he saw it correctly,"
Astori said.
Roma coach Rudi Garcia
is a proponent of introducing
goal-line technology.
"With the technology
there wouldn t have been
any controversy," Garcia said.
"It was a goal but if there
had been confirmation it
would have been better,
especially for the referees."
Roma moved provisionally
level with leader Juventus,
which was hosting Inter
Milan later as the Italian
league returned to full action
after the winter break.
The win also put Roma
nine points ahead of third-
place Lazio ahead of Sun-
day s Rome derby.
Napoli moved level with
Lazio following a 4-1 at
Cesena, its third consecutive
victory including the win
over Juventus in the Italian
Super Cup. Gonzalo Higuain
scored twice for the visitors,
while Jose Callejon and
Marek Hamsik also found
the net.
Lazio beat Sampdoria 3-
0 Monday.
Elsewhere, Sassuolo beat
AC Milan 2-1 at the San
Siro, leaving the Rossoneri
in seventh place, 14 points
behind Juventus.
Andrea Poli gave Milan
the lead nine minutes in but
Sassuolo took control with
goals from Nicola Sansone
and Italy forward Simone
Zaza.
Palermo routed 10-man
Cagliari 5-0 to ruin the
debut of Gianfranco Zola as
the Sardinian club s coach,
with Paulo Dybala netting
twice to take his total to nine
goals this season.
In other matches, Parma
beat nine-man Fiorentina 1-
0 after Mario Gomez failed
to equalize with a penalty
kick; Genoa and Atalanta
drew 2-2; and Empoli-Hel-
las Verona and Chievo
Verona-Torino each ended
0-0.
At the Stadio Friuli,
Roma s 38-year-old captain
Francesco Totti set up the
goal with a free kick that
Astori met in the center of
the area
Totti was up against
Antonio Di Natale in a
matchup of the league s two
top active career scorers.
Totti is second all-time
with 237 goals in 571 appear-
ances and Di Natale is sev-
enth on the list with 201 in
404 matches.
Silvio Piola, who won the
1938 World Cup with Italy,
has the record of 274 goals.
Di Natale provided a per-
fect ball for Gabriel Silva in
the 27th but the Brazilian
couldn t find the target.
Roma forward Adem Ljajic
was carried off on stretcher
in the 83rd following a hard
tackle by Giovanni Pasquale.
Udinese protested for a
penalty when Urby
Emanuelson made contact
with Panagiotis Kone inside
the area in the 85th but the
referee ruled to play on,
resulting in more protests
from the hosts and a man-
agement member on Udi-
nese s bench being sent off.
Goalkeeper Orestis
Karnezis stopped solid
chances from Emanuelson
and Alessandro Florenzi in
injury time but Udinese
couldn t produce any serious
opportunities at the other
end.
However, the match will
be remembered for the con-
troversy surrounding the
goal. (AP)
T&T s Under 20 national men s
football team will depart Miami for
Kingston on Wednesday to com-
mence the final round of Concacaf
Qualifiers for the 2015 Fifa Under-20
Men s World Cup in New Zealand.
The squad, under head coach
Derek King, completed their second
training fixture on Monday night,
losing 2-1 to the Weston United
Alumni at Vizcaya Park in Miramar.
Akeem Garcia was the lone scorer for
T&T which also fell 2-0 to a US Soc-
cer Development Eleven on the week-
end.
"Game two was a decent exercise
for us. We started the game well. We
conceded two late goals. We are final-
ising our starting eleven and the first
team in this game played quite well,"
King said.
"Regardless of the result, we saw
good ball movement and we were
solid defensively which is important
for us at the international level. I
think come Friday we will be ready for
the opening game against Jamaica."
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WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 7,
2015
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Under 20s lose warm up to Weston United
BARCELONA---Striker Aritz
Aduriz scored two goals and set
up another to help Athletic Bil-
bao beat Celta Vigo 4-2 in the
Copa del Rey s round of 16 yes-
terday.
Malaga also seized control of
its tie against Levante with a 2-
0 victory at home thanks to bril-
liant goals by Juan Pablo Anor
and Ricardo Horta.
Bilbao, a 23-time cup winner,
took advantage of a series of
defensive errors to build a com-
manding advantage for next
week s second leg at home.
Mikel San Jose tapped in after
Aduriz headed the ball on from
Xabier Etxeita s free kick in the
fifth minute.
Alex Lopez leveled for Celta in
the 11th, only for Aduriz to nod
home against Celta s slack
defending four minutes later.
Charles made it 2-2 in the 54th
from Mikel Balenziaga s bad
clearance, but Markel Susaeta
scored after Celta lost possession
in the 61st.
Celta had David Costas sent
off in the 70th, and Aduriz con-
verted a penalty in the 87th after
he was pulled down by Gustavo
Cabral.
Malaga took the lead with a
superb goal from Anor in the 16th
minute when he rifled a left-foot
shot into the top corner of
the net after fending off his
marker.
Goalkeeper Francisco Ochoa
made two good saves to deny
Levante, and Malaga s Luis Alber-
to hit the upright before Horta
doubled the lead in the 78th by
chipping the ball over goalie Jesus
Fernandez before smashing it
home.
The winners of these two ties
will meet in the quarterfinals.
Today, cup holder Real Madrid
visits Atletico Madrid in a meet-
ing of the last two winners.
Barcelona hosts Elche tomor-
row. (AP)
Bilbao,
Malaga
take early
leads in
Copa
In or out?
....controversial goal puts Roma past Udinese
Udinese's Panagiotis Kone, left, and Roma's Maicon vie for the ball during the Serie A soccer
match between Udinese and Roma at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, yesterday. AP PHOTO
APPLAUSE
RHEANN CHUNG
was named Table
Tennis Association s
Senior Female Player
of the Year at the
annual awards cere-
mony on Saturday.
PLAIN TALK
"It s the first time I
have seen Shiv fail."
West Indies Test cap-
tain DENESH
RAMDIN on Shiv-
narine Chanderpaul s
poor form in the
recently concluded
Test series against
South Africa
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